Windy Hill · Sat 26 Jul 1947 · 16,000 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.1 | 7.13 | 10.16 | 117 |
| GeelongGEEL | 4.1 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 77 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 117 and 77.
Essendon won by 40 points.
16.21 (117) — 12.5 (77)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Goodingham | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Jack Jones | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Ted Leehane | — | — | — | — |
| — |
| 3 |
| Bill Brittingham | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Chris Lambert | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gordon Lane | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Bob McClure | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Bert Harper | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Noel Allanson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bob Bradley | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Percy Bushby | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Wally Buttsworth | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Hassell | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Norm McDonald | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bill Pearson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Keith Rawle | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dick Reynolds | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Cec Ruddell | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Goodingham 5, Jones 3, Leehane 3, Brittingham 1, Lambert 1, Lane 1, McClure 1, Harper 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Lynch | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Lindsay White | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Russell Renfrey | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Fred Flanagan | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Percy Hunt | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Kevin Brown | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Fitzgerald | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Gniel | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bill Harwood | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Hovey | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Arthur Irvine | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Tom Morrow | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Pike | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Norm Scott | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Syd Tate | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Leo Turner | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Len White | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Brian Wilson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ron Wood | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Don Bauer | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |